long horn steer ?

[brdhnt]

was wanting to mount a long horn steer, but was wondering when best time of year to take it?    and what is the best way to take him?  (kill)

[PLTannery]

If your gonna mount... 22 or 223 to the forehead... I like the smooth summer mounts on a longhorn.. but the winter ones look good too..  Basically any time from May thru Feb...

Unless you have an early spring..

[Silver_bullet04]

I would drop him (if you can get close to him or get him in a chute) right in the back of the poll. about 1 inch back behind the horns.

[double shovel]

I shot this one Nov 1st and here in Canada we would have had maybe a month of -0 degrees at night so he had good hair on him.I got him for competition only so I shot him behind the front shoulders (200gr bullet)because I didn't want no knife marks in the neck from bleeding him out.He tasted good too. I also just bought his companion steer as well which actually bigger than this guy but will wait til fall again.Be careful of summer hides. I was taking reference photos a few weeks ago on some other steers and they all had rub marks on them and you could see their skin under the hair.If your not in a hurry, I would wait.

[brdhnt]

Thanks for the replys, alot of info i never thought of thanks again.